as in miracle
something extraordinary or surprising
that new electric car really is a marvel
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Recent Examples of marvel
Here’s how the Buss family made the Lakers a Hollywood marvel.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Costa Rica is an ecological marvel with jungles, rainforests, and active volcanoes, and people from all over the world come here for yoga or surfing retreats.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
The home itself is a marvel of Italian architecture and features five bedrooms, five bathrooms, high ceilings, a one bedroom guest house and so much more.
—Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
Corenswet is a marvel as Superman/Clark Kent, seemingly born for the role (remarks upon his resemblance to Reeve far predate his casting).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 July 2025
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Costa Rica is an ecological marvel with jungles, rainforests, and active volcanoes, and people from all over the world come here for yoga or surfing retreats.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
The home itself is a marvel of Italian architecture and features five bedrooms, five bathrooms, high ceilings, a one bedroom guest house and so much more.
—Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
Corenswet is a marvel as Superman/Clark Kent, seemingly born for the role (remarks upon his resemblance to Reeve far predate his casting).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marvel
Noun
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This is the country that, with drip irrigation, produced the miracle of growing food in the desert.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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Even with a Texas miracle, though, Democrats will still need to win a race in at least one state that Donald Trump carried by double digits in 2024, whether that's Iowa, Alaska, Florida, or Nebraska.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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Neapolis Archeological Park is full of ancient wonders, including a Greek theater dating back to the third century B.C.E., a Roman amphitheater, and the Ear of Dionysius, a massive limestone cave carved into the hill.—
Michele Becker,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Aug. 2025
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Turning last night’s dinner into today's lunch works wonders for Maia Neumann of @yumboxlunch.—
Laney Crawley,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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This isn't necessarily surprising, as some pop-cultural phenomenons have had generation-spanning appeal before.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
29 July 2025
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All-encompassing graft has turned a strong but unspectacular young player, who at one stage seemed good enough only for the Swedish first division, into a goal-scoring phenomenon at the top level of the club game.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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“Marvel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marvel. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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